Daily Republican., 1887-06-22
EDITION
DESTRUCTIVE CYCLONE.

and Unroofed, and Trcos Uprooted- |
Heavy Rain.
The hot, murky atmosphere yester
day afternoon and evening culminAted
In terrific Cyclone betwesn IL and
O'Clock this morning, All evening
vivid lightning flashed around the
western aud southern horizon, Drawing
gradually nearer, and Was sccompa.
nled with heavy thunder. About IL 80
O'Clock the Storm burst with tremen
dous fury over the city, especially over
the western part OF 1t. =.
1t seems to have ragged most on line
from the village Of Stanton TO the Front
and Union Street depot, where II un
rooted ten houses in row OF fourteen,
bslong ging TO George w. Bush.
From thence the main trail OF the
storm extended to the Highlands. SOME
Ave or SIX small houses back OF McDow'
ellville were unroofed. Major Cochran,
residing on Du Points upper backs, had
built new frame house on tue High
lands, near Emmanuel Episcopal
Church, but he had not removed into it
yet. The cyclone seems 10 have picked
1t up bodily, and dashed 1t to the
around, where 1t lies mass Of ruins.
Hero the storm seems TO have gather.
cd force and vigor, and Bsnorof.s Lane,
following the cOurte OF stream down
to the Brandy wine, with hills on either
side, formed q funuel into which the
scattered winds seem to havo been
drawn, and with resissless force they
tore down the laue, along which stood
the pleasant cottage homes OF the opera.
tives of the Rockford Mills. As the
storm swep. down the little valley the
crashing OF trees In Bancroft's Grove.
the whistling Of the winds, the dashing
of tho rain, the vivid lightning ana
pealina thunder formed an tudescriba.
BILE scene, fearful to betold, and yet
grand and sablime.
But 1t WAS about midway down this
lane that the storm WAS to exert Its ut
most fury. To the left and short dis.
tAnce from tho lane stood . pair Of fran Q
tenement houses, In which peacefully
and happily lived two families. One OF
these families was composed OF James
Noble, quArrymAn, . war veteran and
member OF DUPONT Post, G. A. r his
wife, married daughter (Mrs. Ham
mond), and her four children, the eld.
est, boy. about 8 years OF age. The
family occupying the othor house
was composed OF George Doran, his
wife and two children, the eldest
about two years old. Upon the bank,
with Q stone wall RAINING along the
foot, stocd . black oak tree that had
we~thered the SHOWS Of . hundred win.
ters and tho thunder storms Of q hun
dred summers. The tree wss ovec Ave
feet 10 diameter and stood tall and
'eIe cot, . splendid specimen of its kind
But 1t bad weAihered Its last storm, and
this morn ns It tu cumbed to the fury OF
the wind and went down on its errand
OF death, crushing through the two
frame houses that had stood go long be.
meath It's shadows, and crushing the
lives out of three persons resid ing there.
In.
rhs dwellings went down before the
crash as if they were built OF pipe
steme. Such was the force Of the ia,
that the huge limbs Of tho trees were
shattered into fragments, and the
houses were but mass Of b -ok On Piece,
Of wood snd plaster. The oae story
kitchens attached, rot being In the lin,
Of the fall, escaped total demolition
Strange TO say, that out Of seven per
soDs in Mr. Mobiles family. only QUE
Mes Noble-wAs kll'ed. She and htl
husband, aroused by the fury OF tb,
storm, had got up out of led aud wer,
looming down stairs, bpt before reach
ing the bottom Mrs. Noble turned bach
to look after her daughter aud grand
lchildren. At that time the crash cam q
and 1t is supposed she was ins ,su u!
killed on the stairway. Mr.. Noble
keeping on down, reached the kitchen
land escaped without injury.
Mysterious, however, seemed tn
Providence that saved Mrs. Hamm on,
and her four children. They all wen
down in the general crash, and vac
uum between the trunk Of the mon ste
tree and the side Of the kitchen seem
to have been formed In the fall:p
debris as If purposely made to saw
them. In this little space they wer'
found unipjured. except slight soratcl
for tbe baby, and were taken out by tn
neiRhbors who began to gather ; few
mou en,s after the crash came. Blu
poor Mrs. Noble, the thoughtful Dotbe
and grandmother, who turned back T.
look after the sHfety OF her daushte
land grandchildren, her life was the for
felt OF her maternal solicitude. He
body VAS found beneath . brush OF th
ltree, and she was with some difficult
iextricated.
I In the Doran family death was ais
busy. They were apparently all abes
when tho craeh came. They were DO
in . line with the main trunk Of til
ltree, but huge limb spread Itself owe
the roof Of the building and bsoush
the roof down upon Mr. DorAn, hi
wife spi eldest child, about years old
bresking down the bedstead and pin
ming them to the floor. Cries for hsIj
came from the unfortunate man an,
wife, but soon the cries of the latte
ceased, and she was taken ont brulse,
corpse.
The child was nlso taken out dead
THE youngest child, an infant, was In
cot bed alone and was saved. 1t wa
an hour and half before strong arm
i. aud willing hearts could get Mr.. Dora
out Of his perilous position alive. Whil
all were working to rescue him b
plead OF them to save his wife and le
him 60, but his wife WAS already dead
though he did net know it. He wa
, taken Immediately to the re-id enc
= OF his brother in.law. Thomas Deary
where he lies In a precsrious stat
none knowing how badly he is injured
| The news Of the death of his wife ap
child was conveyed to him this morr
ling. when he seemed then to recullee
of the struggles Of his wife under tn
roof, which soon ceased. The body {
l Mrs. Doran WAS taken 10 the residenc
sof her mother, Mrs. Gallagher. Tn
body OF Mrs. Noble was taken also I
the residence of a rolative.
When the crAsh came, Mr.. Noble ra
out and called upon his neiehbors I
come to his Assisthnce with lanterns
IL WAS but q few seconds bafore III
neiP hbors began to eather and worke
hard and incesssntly to reecue the III
fortuuates. Axes were brought ip:
reqnisition for cbopping away II
limbs OF the tree, and block aud tack
I 10 raise the pressure from the crushe
: Victims.